“A wise man will cultivate a servant’s spirit, for that particular attribute attracts people like no other. As I humbly serve others, their wisdom will be freely shared with me. Often, the person who develops a servant’s spirit becomes wealthy beyond measure. Many times, a servant has the ear of the king, and a humble servant often becomes a king, for he is the popular choice of the people. He who serves the most grows the fastest.”
That excerpt was taken from a book by Andy Andrews called “The Traveler’s Gift – Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success.” Within the framework of what he refers to as the ‘second decision,’ it talks about seeking wisdom and knowledge in order to better serve others.
In “Magnetic Sponsoring,” Mike Dillard talks about increasing your value to others so that you may serve more people better. Become a leader that others want to follow. He states “The more valuable you become to others, the more they will seek you out.”
I have been in the home business industry long enough to know that these concepts are crucial for building any enterprise on the internet. Far too often, people are obsessed with promoting and recruiting, assuming their product, or opportunity, are so spectacular that it will sell itself if they just draw enough attention to it.
While that may be true, they are missing one key element; people do not join a business, they join people, specifically, people who can solve their problems. It is human nature to follow the leader. They want to align themselves with someone who has the knowledge and the vision to get them where they want to go.
You must seek wisdom and knowledge, and then apply what you’ve learned to earn the role of a leader. “The more valuable you become to others, the more they will seek you out.”
Make the decision today to seek wisdom.
As your value increases, your success increases, exponentially.
The key to success in any business is marketing.
You have to know how to market your products, services or business opportunies to the right people. A lot of time and money can be wasted on prospecting people who have no interest in what you have to offer. The old school network marketing techniques like the 3 foot rule, hanging flyers, bugging your family and friends, and holding hotel meetings just don’t work as well anymore. With all the advertising that people are bombarded with everyday, it’s no wonder people hate telemarketers and pop-up ads on their computer screen. They can’t escape it. Everywhere they go and doing everything they do, someone is trying to sell them something. On Billboards, TV, radio, the telephone and especially the internet.
This is why methods like Attraction Marketing and Social Networking are becoming the norm for most businesses who are brave enough to step out of the box and try something different. They position themselves where people are going to look for their particular product or service. They don’t jam their product or biz op down the throat of the prospect. They build relationships with the prospects. Show them that they understand their needs, offer solutions to their problems and make sales as a result. The prospects actually often request information rather than involuntarily receiving it. That’s ‘Attraction Marketing.’
The Attraction Marketing concept exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the Network Marketing and MLM industries with the release of Mike Dillard’s groundbreaking book “Magnetic Sponsoring.” It explains, in great detail, the three key ingredients for success in marketing.
1.) Build a list of people who are looking for what you have to offer
2.) Build a relationship with that list
3.) Market to that list.
Well, you may ask, where do you find those people? That’s where Social Networking comes into play. Websites like MySpace and Facebook were once perceived as places where teenagers socialized and that nobody would make any money there. That may have been true at one time, but not anymore. A lot of people are making a lot of money on these sites. Not to mention the explosion of You Tube and the introduction of Twitter. By adding videos, blogs and social networking to your marketing arsenal, the possibities are endless.
